Despite a total budget decrease for 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is allocating greater funding to disease tracking tools and technologies.

The hope, of course, is that by better tracking the spread of potentially dangerous bugs and other diseases, the CDC will be better prepared and equipped to deal with any unfortunate challenges born of an outbreak.

To achieve this objective, the CDC is seeking $40 million to procure or develop the resources needed for such a comprehensive effort.

According to the 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet, more than 25 million children and adults in the US have diabetes, a number which is only predicted to increase in the future. In response to these rising numbers, a new addition in the fight to manage this disease has recently been approved by the FDA.

PositiveID Corporation has developed a diabetes management system called iglucose, which melds mobile technology with traditional glucose monitoring, allowing patients to monitor their current and logged glucose levels via the same device.